January-June 2018
ISSN 2516-1210 (Print), 2515-9887 (Online)
This Comment examines the commercial court decision of Navalmar UK Ltd v Kale Maden Hammaddeler Sanayi VE Ticart AS (THE MV Arundel Castle) [2017] EWHC 116; [2017] 1 Lloyd’s Rep 370. [Comm.] as to the issue of when a vessel can be considered an arrived ship under a port charter in shipping law.
2 See for instance, Leonis v Rank [1908] 1 KB 499; See Sociedad Financiera de Bienes Raices SA v Agrimpex Hungarian Trading Co for Agricultural Products (The Aello) [1960] 2 All ER 578.
3 EL Oldendorff & Co GmbH v Tradax Export SA (The Johanna Oldendorff) [1974] AC 479.
4 Ibid.
5 It is common for Charterparties to be concluded by an exchange of emails or fax messages with the agreed terms being reduced in writing in a fixture recap. See TTMI Sarl v Statoil ASA (The Sibohelle) [2011] 2 Lloyd’s Rep 220 [27].
6 [1973] 2 Lloyd’s Rep 285.
7 See The Johanna Oldendorff [1974] AC 479.
8 See Donald Davies, The Commencement of Laytime, where the author advocated for a review of the decision; See the decision of Lord Denning in the Court of Appeal decision of The Maratha Envoy appealing for a review of the decision as well.
9 Navalmar UK Ltd v Kale Maden Hammaddeler Sanayi ve Ticart AS (The Arundel Castle) [2017] EWHC 116; [2017] 1 Lloyd’s Rep 370 [20]. [Comm.]
10 Ibid [17].
11 Ibid [10].
12 BIMCO, the drafters of the Laytime Definition for Charterparties, adopted an expansive definition of port here, perhaps in a bid to get out of the English approach to the meaning of an Arrived Ship. See BIMCO, Laytime Definitions for Charterparties 2013 <http://www.blankrome.com/siteFiles/Laytime_Definitions.pdf> accessed 07/06/2017.
13 Ibid 304, 305.
14 The Arundel Castle (n 8) [30] [Comm.]
15 Ibid [21].
16 Ibid [30].
17 Ibid [29]; The Maratha Envoy [1977] 2 Lloyd’s Rep 301 at 305.
18 John Wilson, ‘Carriage of Goods by Sea’ (7th edn, Pearson 2010) pg. 55.
19 The Arundel Castle (n 8) [4].
20 Ibid [4].
PhD Researcher, School of Law, University of Leicester.
(2018). Case Comment: Navalmar UK Ltd v Kale Maden Hammaddeler Sanayi VE Ticart AS (THE MV Arundel Castle) [2017]. Legal issues Journal, 6 (1), https://www.legalissuesjournal.com/article/06-01-15012018/
